In 1947 Edwin Land, the visionary founder of Polaroid, unveiled the world’s first instant camera — a triumph of innovation that would go on to revolutionize photography.
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TIME on the Times: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger’s Legacy, from the Archives
Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, whose three-decade reign as New York Times publisher brought the paper 31 Pulitzer Prizes, died Saturday at the age of 86 after a long illness. Sulzberger, the only grandson of Times …
‘Love Letters’ from Joseph Goebbels Fail to Sell at Auction
The love letters and school essays of the Nazi Minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels have failed to sell at auction, putting the future of the documents back into question.
An anonymous consigner had put the items up for …
Found: The Second Known Photo of Emily Dickinson?
It’s not far-fetched to conceive that hermetic poet Emily Dickinson had just one known photo taken of her. Dickinson’s reclusive lifestyle shaped both her poetry and her interpersonal relationships as she penned her thoughts …
97-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Found Off British Coast Sets New World Record
After floating on the lonely seas, adrift for nearly a century, the world’s oldest message in a bottle has finally been liberated and graced with a Guinness record.
Andrew Leaper, a Scottish skipper aboard the fishing boat …
History Wins As Norway’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Parcel Is Opened
And the prize worth waiting a century for was…
Prince Harry’s Crown Jewels and King Henry VIII’s Wives: Top 10 Royals Behaving Badly
The nearly-nude, self-censored photos of the young Prince Harry are hardly an embarrassment for the oft-spotlighted British Royal Family. Past royal dynasties have witnessed illicit affairs, illegitimate children and plenty of …
Amelia Earhart Discovery? Evidence of Downed Plane Discovered in the Pacific
Some 75 years after Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared, a new discovery on the bottom of the ocean points to where the aviator may have crashed — and died. (via tighar.org)
Amelia Earhart: 75 Years of Mystery — and Now an Answer?
The world is once again talking about Amelia Earhart. Some 75 years after the famed aviator first disappeared, the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) has presented fresh evidence of a debris field found …
Study: Humans and Neanderthals Didn’t Interbreed As Much As We Feared/Hoped
Here we go again. It’s been barely two years since a breakthrough study found that people living outside Africa shared up to 4% of their DNA with Neanderthals, prompting speculation that there had been quite a bit of, shall we …
Attention All History Buffs: You Can Own the Town Where Custer Had His Last Stand
For history buffs, some commemorate famous wartime battles with framed artwork. Others buy replicas of guns or militia garb. But the ultimate superfan would probably just prefer to own the battlefield. Fans of General George A. …
Obama’s History: America’s First Black President Is Descended from America’s First Black Slave
President Obama may be directly descended from the first black slave in the American colonies — through his white mother’s family line
